Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2019-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.91/cwt on 493 head.

Average price

$156.91

493 head · 607 lb average

Value per head Derived

$952

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$234

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$14.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.91

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	421	171.00	720	5thin
Medium and Large 1	609	156.76	954	488

One grade step is worth $14.24/cwt here — about −$234 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale493 hd

156.91

—

NE average10 barns · 14,328 hd

169.82

−12.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

19 lots · USDA AMS · Imperial Auction Market - Imperial, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	633	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	893	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	560	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	795	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	145.41/cwt	142.00–147.00	970	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	722	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	150.96/cwt	150.00–151.50	928	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	157.92/cwt	156.00–166.00	706	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	146.63/cwt	141.00–149.00	855	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	792	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	162.97/cwt	158.00–172.00	854	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,123	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	153.80/cwt	150.50–155.00	869	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	181.77/cwt	177.00–183.00	825	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	134.82/cwt	131.00–137.50	829	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	148.40/cwt	140.00–150.50	784	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	137.60/cwt	137.60–137.60	967	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	542	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	158.62/cwt	156.00–165.00	753	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,069	10

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Imperial Auction Market - Imperial, NE

Tue Dec 10, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 1,255Last week 600Year ago 0

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	633	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	667	142.00–147.00	145.41
17	—	339	213.00	213.00
111	—	615	150.00–151.50	150.96
8	—	428	185.00	185.00
40	—	524	158.00–172.00	162.97
105	—	780	144.00	144.00
67	—	565	150.50–155.00	153.80
66	—	454	177.00–183.00	181.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	421	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	560	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	447	156.00–166.00	157.92
95	—	583	141.00–149.00	146.63
75	—	615	131.00–137.50	134.82
67	—	528	140.00–150.50	148.40
37	—	703	137.60	137.60
25	—	319	170.00	170.00
17	—	475	156.00–165.00	158.62
10	—	990	108.00	108.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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